NEB Funding for Companies

Beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive. These are in the heart of the New European Bauhaus (NEB), the EU initiative linking the European Green Deal to everyday life. 120m€ per year is allocated from the Horizon Europe programme to support creative and interdisciplinary projects, and new calls are now published.  

Join us to learn how cooperation with research organisations can enhance the growth and development of your company and discover what it takes to participate. 

Program:

8:30 Morning coffee & light breakfast 

9:00 Welcoming words, stream starts

• Pontus Kihlman, RDI Specialist, Metropolia UAS
• Teemu Lehtinen, CEO, KIRAHub 

9:05 New European Bauhaus (NEB) in short 

• Päivi Keränen, NEB Partnership Coordinator, Metropolia UAS 

9:20 Industry Perspective on the NEB and the Role of Ilmiöverkosto 

• Marianna Kotilainen, Project Researcher, Rakennustietosäätiö 

9:45 How Can Companies Participate? Overview of Current Calls 

• Markku Pekonen, Senior Advisor, Business Finland

10:10 INNATURE project: Transdisciplinary collaboration in the NEB ecosystem 

• Raúl Castaño de la Rosa, Senior Research Fellow, Tampere University
• Toni Paju, CEO, Crowdsorsa 

10:35 Research Program: Design for Regenerative Cities 

• Jenni Radun, Program Director, Metropolia UAS 

10:45 KIRAHub’s Ecosystem & connections to NEB activities 

• Teemu Lehtinen, CEO, KIRAHub 

10:55 Final words 

• Pontus Kihlaman, RDI Specialist, Metropolia UAS
• Teemu Lehtinen, CEO, KIRAHub 

11:00 More coffee and networking, stream ends

The event is part of Metropolia’s Networking and International Partnerships for Companies project, which is co-funded by the EU. The aim of the project is to connect companies in the built environment sector with national and international initiatives, and to increase RDI activities in the sector.

Register here.